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Wh Question?

Wh Question?

Wh Question?

We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions). We often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example WHy, HoW).

Question Word	Function	Example
what	asking for information about something	What is your name?
	asking for repetition or confirmation	What? I can't hear you. You did what?
what...for	asking for a reason, asking why	What did you do that for?
when	asking about time	When did he leave?
where	asking in or at what place or position	Where do they live?
which	asking about choice	Which colour do you want?
who	asking what or which person or people (subject)	Who opened the door?
whom	asking what or which person or people (object)	Whom did you see?
whose	asking about ownership	Whose are these keys? Whose turn is it?
why	asking for reason, asking what...for	Why do you say that?
why don't	making a suggestion	Why don't I help you?
how	asking about manner	How does this work?
	asking about condition or quality	How was your exam?
how + adj/adv	asking about extent or degree	see examples below
how far	distance	How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
how long	length (time or space)	How long will it take?
how many	quantity (countable)	How many cars are there?
how much	quantity (uncountable)	How much money do you have?
how old	age	How old are you?
how come (informal)	asking for reason, asking why	How come I can't see her?

They are called wh-questions because they start with a question word.

Question words are pronouns: they represent the information you are asking about: "Who" is with you? "Peter" is with me.

The question words are:

What: to ask about objects: What is she doing? How: to ask about a manner: How are you? Where: to ask about a place: Where are you going?

Which: to ask about one special object out of at least two: Which present did she like most? Who: to ask about people: Who do you talk to? Whose: to ask about a possessive relation: Whose book is this? Whom: to ask about people (very formal, is not used very often): Whom did you call? When: to ask about a time: When are you leaving?

References www.englishexercises.org/.../buscar.asp?...0...questions

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:viZ4aiO53cYJ:www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/wh-question-words.htm+How+to+use+Wh+Question%3F&cd=7&hl=th&ct=clnk&gl=th

www.learning-english-online.net/...of.../questions/wh-questions/

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There is/There are By Monkey

                                            There is/ There are

              There is/There are is a common phrase in English, used to indicate that something ?exists? or is in a certain location. The main subject follows the verb when there is/are is used.

There is an apple on the table.

There are some apples on the table.

Other forms of ?be? can also be used with there is/there are.

There will be a party at Bill's house on Saturday.

There were four witnesses at the crime scene.

There have been two robberies in the last five months.

Contractions are possible, but they are mostly used informally in speech.

There's a fly in my soup.

There're plenty of oranges left.

There'll be a lot of people in attendance.

There's is by far the most common contraction, and it is sometimes used inadvertently with plural subjects by native speakers.

There's ten people outside!

Common mistakes

Since the expression there is/are usually has no equivalent in other languages, students sometimes use have instead.

Have a lot of food on the table.
It has a lot of food on the table.
There have a lot of food on the table.
There is a lot of food on the table.

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There is / there are

"There" is a kind of pronoun used to show something you know exists.

Compare these two sentences:
- "A fly is in my soup."
- "There is a fly in my soup!"
The first sentence is factual and impersonal. The fly is the subject, and the soup is the object. In the second sentence the object is "a fly in my soup", so the subject is "There". "There" functions as a kind of dummy subject that represents a more personal perspective, rather than a factual statement.

Especially in spoken English we usually use the contraction "there's", rather than "there is".

Here are the forms of "there" in the Simple Present.

There is usually subject-verb agreement when using there is/there are. For example:
- There are ten students in my class.
- ~~There~~ is ten students in my class.

Sometimes however we can use "there is" with compound subjects, for example:
There's a bank and a post office near my house.

The correct usage of there is & there are

It is very common to use the phrase "there is/there are" to state the something exists or to point out something in the distance (it can be the close distance or far distance)

Note: There is/There are is not the same as "have"

There is/There are can be used as the sentences subject. Have can't be used as the sentences subject.

"There is" - is used with the following subjects:Singular nouns
Uncountable nouns 3rd person singular (he, she, my mother, my sister, etc.).

There is my sister on the corner.
There is a lot of water in the street. There must have been a flood.
There is a big cat in front of my house.

"There are" - is used with the following subjects:3rd person plural (they, my sisters, the dogs, the students, etc.)

There are many people sitting on the bench.
There are many dogs in the street.
There are sites on the internet that are really good.

Eaxaple exercise There is/There are

Exercise 1

Fill in the blank with "There is" or " There are".1....... plates in the cupboard
2..... a chair in the classroom.
3....... beef in the refrigerator.
4....... gold in the safe.
5........ smoke in the sky
6........ milk in the bottle.
7........ pages in a book.
8.........bushes in the garden
9.........a radio on the table.
10........ladies at the party.
11........two baker's shop in ths village.
12........tea in the cup.
13.........bottles of water.
14.........a zoo in Chiang Mai.
15........sugar in the coffee.
16........six news agents.
17. .......many tourists in Thailand.
18. ......rice on the plate.
19........bananas in the basket.
20........brushes on the shelf.

Referenceshttp://www.english-zone.com/verbs/thereisare1.html
www.eslgold.com/grammar/there_is_are.html
http://www.sahavicha.com/?name=test&file=readtest&id=607

More Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuNHiKB0_KA&feature=related

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